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- TANTALUM ALLOY CAPACITOR Filed Dec. 27, 1965 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 g ⁇ l E r -3 3 5 S Q a g 2, 9 $0 a t 6 0 E S g u B? Q 0, Q x t: 2 E u #z 0.; k i. s Q Q Q E S L l 1 l A 520002000 (51 70/1) 39m 70/1 wmoowaaa United States Patent 3,320,500 TANTALUM ALLOY CAPACITOR Norman N. Axelrod, Summit, N.J., Herbert D. Guberman, Oak Ridge, Tenn., and Newton Schwartz, Morris Township, Morris County, and Benjamin H.
- This invention relates to a technique for the fabrication of a thin film capacitor including an alloy of tantalum as one of the electrodes, an oxide layer of the tantalum alloy as the dielectric and an electrically conductive counter-electrode, and also relates to capacitor-s produced by such technique
- a technique for the fabrication of a thin film capacitor including an alloy of tantalum as one of the electrodes, an oxide layer of the tantalum alloy as the dielectric and an electrically conductive counter-electrode, and also relates to capacitor-s produced by such technique
- These structures are typically constructed by depositing a layer of a film forming metal upon a substrate, anodizing the deposited layer to form an oxide film, and finally depositing a counterelectrode in direct contact with the anodized film.
- the resultant capacitor is polar in nature and represents the first such device in which a semiconductive layer of manganese dioxide is eliminated, such having been a requirement in solid electrolytic capacitors prepared theretofore.
- a technique for the fabrication of a substantially non-polar capacitor of anodized construction involves modifying the conventional procedure for the fabrication of printed tantalum capacitors by the use of an anode comprising tantalum alloyed with at least one metal selected from among the elements of Groups I(b), II(b), III(a), IV(b), V(b), VI(b) and VIII of the Periodic Table of the Elements (as shown in the 45th edition of the Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, page 'B-2, published by the Chemical Rubber Co., Cleveland, Ohio).
- the metals of interest herein may be selected from among copper, silver, gold, zinc, cadmium, mercury, aluminum, gallium, indium, thallium, titanium, zirconium, hafnium, vanadium, niobium, chromium, molybdenum, tungsten, iron, cobalt, nickel, ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, osmium, iridium, and platinum.
- the resultant devices manifest non-polar conduction properties, superior cathodic breakdown voltages, higher initial yields and better life test performance than any of the conventional prior art tantalum capacitors.
- the substantially non-polar nature of certain of these structures inherently suggests their use in circuits in which polarity changes occur, such as alternating-current circuits, and permits their operation in either direction at voltages ranging up to 30 volts.
- FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a substrate with a layer of a tantalum alloy deposited thereon;
- FIG. 2 is a plan view of the body of FIG. 1 after photoengraving and etching to form a desired pattern;
- FIG. 3 is a plan view of the body of FIG. 2 after anodization
- FIG. 4 is a plan view of the body of FIG. 3 after the deposition thereon of a counter-electrode;
- FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the body of FIG. 4.
- FIG. 6 is a graphical representation on coordinates of breakdown voltage in volts against alloy composition in atom percent showing the enhancement in breakdown voltage evidenced by capacitors produced in accordance with the present invention.
- FIG. 1 there is shown a substrate 11 upon which a metallic pattern is to be produced in accordance with the present invention.
- the inventive technique contemplates the use of a substrate material which is able to withstand temperatures to which they may be subjected during the deposition stage of the processing. Glasses and glazed ceramics are particularly suitable in this use.
- the first step in the inventive technique comprises cleansing the substrate by conventional techniques well known to those skilled in the art.
- a layer of a tantalum alloy 12 is deposited by conventional procedures, as for example, cathodic sputtering, vacuum evaporation, vapor plating, et cetera, as described by L. Holland in Vacuum Deposition of Thin Films, 1. Wiley and Sons, 1956.
- This step may conveniently be accomplished by utilizing a tantalum cathode and wrapping thereabout strands of wire of the metal it is desired to alloy with tantalum or a cathode of the alloy.
- metal-s suitable for use in the present invention may be selected from among the metal elements of Groups I(b), II(b), III(a), IV(b), V(b), VI(b) and VIII of the Periodic Table of the Elements, such elements having been set forth above. Further, it has been determined that in order to obtain the enhanced characteristics, alluded to above, in the resultant capacitors, the metal element must be present in the alloy in an amount ranging from 0.01 to 20.0 atom percent with a preferred range of from 0.1 to 20 atom percent. The noted limits are dictated by practical considerations, namely, the degree of enhancement in characteristics beyond those points. It has been found that the use of amounts less than the noted minimum fails to materially improve operating characteristics beyond those of capacitor grade tantalum. On the other hand, excesses beyond the noted maximum result in a definite degradation of device properties. The preferred range result-s in substantially non-polar devices as well as in superior breakdown characteristics.
- the minimum thickness of the layer deposited upon the substrate is dependent upon two factors. The first of these is the thickness of the metal which is converted into the oxide form during the subsequent anodizing step. The second factor is the minimum thickness of un-oxidized metal remaining after anodization commensurate with the maximum resistance which can be tolerated in the tantalum alloy electrode. As described herein, the preferred minimum thickness of the tantalum alloy electrode is approximately 2,000 Angstroms. There is no maximum limit on this thickness.
- an alloy deposit of at least 4,000 Angstroms is preferred. It is considered that of this 4,000 Angstroms a maximum of approximately 1,000 Angstroms is converted during the anodizing step leaving approximately 3,000 Angstroms as the electrode thickness.
- FIG. 2 is a plain view of substrate 11 showing the pattern resulting from the removal of portions of layer 12.
- alloy layer 12 is anodized in an appropriate electrolyte, so resulting in an oxide film 13, shown in FIG. 3.
- Suitable electrolytes for this purpose are phosphoric acid, citric acid, et cetera.
- the last step in the fabrication of a capacitor in accordance with this invention is the application of a counter-electrode 14, shown in FIG. 4, in contact with the oxide film 13.
- a counter-electrode 14 shown in FIG. 4
- Any suitable method for producing an electrically conductive layer on the surface of the oxide layer is suitable, as for example, vacuum evaporation.
- a cross-sectional view of the finished assembly is shown in FIG. 5. 7
- Example I A glass slide, approximately one inch in width and three inches in length was cleaned ultrasonically by conventional techniques. Thereafter, a tantalum-molybdenum alloy was deposited upon the cleansed substrate by sputtering techniques.
- the cathode employed was a 6 x 6" x 050" piece of capacitor grade tantalum ob tained from commercial sources, on strand of molybdenum, obtained from commercial sources, having a diameter of 0.005 inch being wound upon said cathode.
- Sputtering was effected from both sides of the cathode at4,0 volts and 50 milliamperes in 30 microns of argon for 60 minutes, so resulting in an alloy layer 4,000 Augstroms thick.
- the resultant layer contained 0.19 atom percent molybdenum.
- a capacitor pattern was established by means of conventional photoengraving techniques.
- the capacitor pattern was then anodized in 0.01 weight percent citric acid water solution at a constant current density of one milliampere/cm. until the voltage was 130 volts and then the anodization was continued at constant voltage.
- the capacitor was removed from the anodizing medium and etched in 0.01 weight percent aluminum chloride in absolute methanol for five seconds with the alloy at a positive potential of 90 volts.
- the slide was rinsed in alcohol, rinsed in water and re-anodized in citric acid at 130 volts for minutes. Upon completion of the anodiza'tion, the slide was rinsed in distilled water and dried.
- FIG. 6 there is shown a graphical representation on coordinates of breakdown voltage in vol-ts against alloy composition in atom percent showing variations in anodic and cathodic breakdown volt age as a function of varying molybdenum and iron concentrations in tantalum alloy capacitors.
- the cathodic or reverse breakdown voltage evidences a significant increase over the compositional range of interest as contrasted with the conventional tantalum capacitor while the non-, catastrophic anodic or forward breakdown voltage remains at a level within the general range of 50-100 volts, such being the required level for diverse device applications.
- composition-s not only show improved forward and reverse breakdown, but are substantially non-polar.
- capacitors were formed by sputtering from capacitor grade tantalum cathodes, a tantalum-molybdenum alloy cathode (0.09 atomic percent molybdenum) and a tantalum-molybdenum alloy cathode (0.14 atomic percent molybdenum), and completing the devices as described above. Cathodic breakdown voltages for these devices are shown in Table III.
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JPS5572026A (en) * | 1978-11-25 | 1980-05-30 | Matsushita Electric Ind Co Ltd | Method of manufacturing porous electrode for electrolytic condenser |
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US4423087A (en) * | 1981-12-28 | 1983-12-27 | International Business Machines Corporation | Thin film capacitor with a dual bottom electrode structure |
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